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B-283269.2 1 (1999-10-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajlv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: USA Electronics File: B-283269.2 Date: October 5, 1999 Paul D. Anderson for the protester. Joshua A. Kranzberg, Esq., and John H. Eckhardt, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Cancellation of request for quotations for power assemblies is reasonable where agency determined that the solicitation failed to reflect its minimum needs. DECISION USA Electronics protests the cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) No. DAAB07-99-Q-D161, issued by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM), for eight power assemblies. The protester asserts that the cancellation was motivated by the agency's desire to avoid issuing a purchase order to USA Electronics. We deny the protest. The RFQ was issued as a small business set-aside on June 18, 1999, under the simplified acquisition procedures in Part 13 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.' Firms were to provide a unit price and total price for eight intermediate power assemblies, national stock number (NSN) 5895-01-197-4242, plus a unit and total price for an option quantity of an additional eight intermediate power assemblies. RFQ § B. 'Part 13 prescribes the policies and procedures for the acquisition of supplies and services, including construction, research and development, and commercial items, the aggregate amount of which does not exceed $100,000. FAR § 13.000.

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